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Weber and Fields choose

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[US] (ref. to c. 1890) F. Isman Weber and Fields 100: Clems, as such shindigs were known in circus argot, and their battle cry, ‘Hey Rube!’.
at clem, n.
[US] [ref. to c.1900] F. Isman Weber and Fields 252: I told you to get down on Ajax, and that galloping glue pot isn’t home yet.
at gluepot, n.1
[US] F. Isman Weber and Fields 100: Clems, as such shindigs were known in circus argot, and their battle cry, ‘Hey Rube!’.
at hey Rube!, excl.
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